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Siamo di fronte all’ultimo lavoro della band irlandese The Frames, capitanata dal rosso Glen Hansard. Risalente all’ormai lontano 2006, questo album è stato registrato in presa diretta.
Ovviamente può risultare una scelta poco ortodossa, ma è frutto di una precisa scelta: i The Frames sono una band che rende molto di più dal vivo che in studio, e Glen voleva creare un album che rispecchiasse il più possibile questa loro caratteristica.
Ascoltai questo cd che già conoscevo il repertorio principale della band, e devo dire che mi stupii, perché per certi versi si ritorna a sonorità simili a quelle dell’album "For The Birds".
Si sente anche un po’ l’influenza degli The Swell Season, il progetto collaterale di Hansard e della Irglova. Infatti troviamo ben 2 tracce (“Falling Slowly” e “When Your Mind’s Made Up”) che già erano presenti nell’album omonimo, riarrangiate per renderle più da Frames e meno da The Swell Season.
Siamo di fronte ad un album privo di qualsiasi virtuosismo strumentale, ma che è in grado di catturare l’ascoltatore grazie all’emotività delle sue canzoni, che la voce di Hansard valorizza come pochi altri artisti sanno fare.
Non mancano episodi più leggeri e pop, come la simpatica “Sad Songs”, o al contrario la tristissima “The Cost”, intrisa di chitarra elettrica pesantemente distorta, che accompagna la potente voce di Glen dall’inizio alla fine, per poi valorizzare il tutto nell’esplosivo finale.
Passi falsi in questo album qualcuno potrebbe trovarne, forse “The Side You never Get To See” è il pezzo più piatto del disco, e a poco serve l’assolo vocale di Glen verso la fine della canzone.
Io sinceramente ogni volta che lo ascolto, comunque sia, riesco ad ascoltarlo tutto dall’inizio alla fine senza un briciolo di noia.
Per concludere io consiglierei questo disco a chi sa apprezzare la semplicità di un artista che non propone nulla di rivoluzionario, ma lo sa fare maledettamente bene.
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02 Falling Slowly (04:35)
I don't know you but I want you
All the more for that
Words fall through me
and always fool me
And I can't react
You have suffered enough
and what with yourself
It's time that you won
Take this sinking boat
and point it home
We've still got time,
raise your hopeful voice
You had the choice,
you've made it now
Falling slowly, eyes that know me
And I can't go back
Moods that take me and erase me
And I'll paint it black
Games that never amount
To more than themselves
Will play themselves out
Take this sinking boat
and point it home
We've still got time,
raise your hopeful voice
You had the choice,
you've made it now
04 Rise (03:26)
Breathing in the night
There's nothing else I'm needing now
The wind is at my side
And so are you
And together we will rise
Above all these word and promises we couldn't keep
Together we will fly above it all
But sometimes we will fall
From the light
But it shines on us tonight
And together we will rise
And together we will rise
And surely it's a sign now,
That everything's in tune to some kind of higher plan
Surely it's a sign
That you were right
And there's the secret line
That we've been denied
But we're crossing it tonight
And together we will rise
And together we will rise
Sometimes we will fall
From the light
But it shines on us tonight
And together we will rise
Pass this line
That we're crossing here tonight
But together we will rise
And together we will rise
We will rise, we will rise
06 Sad Songs (03:09)
And the light you gave
You took away when you were gone
It's a war that can't be won
With fists or talk or money
And there's no escape
But I'd better stop complaining now
I guess because
Too many sad words make a sad, sad song
Too many sad words make a sad, sad song
And the night you came
You won me all and all
And the better part of everything
Was born to run
And the price of fame
Is that they love you when you're gone
But I better stop complaining now
It's useless because
Too many sad words make a sad, sad song
Too many sad words make a sad, sad song
07 The Cost (04:20)
Love has been the cause
Of all this suffering
And what has been our loss
Has been it's gaining
So lay your burdens down
And stop your crying
Will we let it burn
Burn us down, burn us
Low have been the odds
Of our reuniting
And where now can we turn
When we've got nothing
Will we let it burn
Burn us down, burn us
And maybe it'll turn
Us around
10 Bad Bone (04:42)
There's a bad bone inside of me
all my troubles started there
and all the cracks are adding up to be
a little more than you can bare
when i met you, you were bitter still
from a scar you're never gonna show
and i was cursed with a jealousy
that's killed every love i've ever known
and when the anger that you feel
turns to poison in your soul
and then the scars you only feel
will start to show
yoe were naked on the balcony
and i was waiting in your bed
you said i pleased you only partially
but i knew my hunger would be fed
all my thoughts of going clear
and getting out before my time
have died with you upon the vine
have died with you upon the vine
to die with you upon the vine
to die with you upon the vine
to die
so if you'll lead the way
there's a bad bone inside of me
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